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Evening at Ryôgoku Bridge (Ryôgokubashi yoru), from the series Famous Places in the Eastern Capital (Tôto meisho)


「東都名所 両国橋夜」
Utagawa Hiroshige I (Japanese, 1797–1858)
Japanese
Edo period
1853 (Kaei 6), 6th month

Medium/Technique Woodblock print (nishiki-e); ink and color on paper
Dimensions Horizontal ôban; 23.1 x 34.6 cm (9 1/8 x 13 5/8 in.)
Credit Line William S. and John T. Spaulding Collection
Accession Number21.9770
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsPrints

Catalogue Raisonné Ukiyo-e shûka 14 (1981), Hiroshige list, p. 244, horizontal ôban #60.09
DescriptionNo publisher's mark on this impression.

From a series in which several other designs are reprints, with altered titles, from the series originally called Edo meisho no uchi, published around 1832-34.
Signed Unsigned
無款
Marks Censors' seals: Fuku, Muramatsu, Ox 6
No blockcutter's mark
改印:福、村松、丑六
彫師:なし
ProvenanceJanuary 1914, purchased by William S. and John T. Spaulding from Frank Lloyd Wright; December 1, 1921, given by William S. and John T. Spaulding to the Museum.